MR Search

There are three ways to search for and retrieve MR entries with COMPAS. You can query on:

Attributes are pieces of information about the MR given when the MR is entered into COMPAS such as the author, title, date entered, size, severity, and so on.

This window shows the fields that you use to query for a set of MRs. If you leave a field blank, you will retrieve MR entries for every possible value of that field. Conversely, entering values for any of the MR entry fields will restrict the search to those values.

Compound Queries: Add additional (multiple) lines to your search using the command buttons: "And" or "Or".

Complex Expressions: You may click on the parenthesis column(s) for each row in your query to toggle the parentheses on or off in order to create complex groupings in your search specification.

Following are definitions of the fields in this window:

MR number:
The unique COMPAS MR number assigned to the MR entry. For example, typing "1234" retrieves the MR entry for COMPAS MR 1234. If you enter a value for this field, you will go directly to the MR Detail window and bypass the list of MRs window.

System:
The name of the system or project for the document. For example, typing "sys85" in this field retrieves all MR entries that have been created for documents for System 85. Select the DownArrow button for this field to get a menu of choices. You may use all relations such as "not equal to" with this field to retrieve all entries that are NOT a particular system.

Release:
The project release for the document MR. For example, typing "R2V5" in the field retrieves all MR entries whose project release is "R2V5". This field is often used in combination with the System field. Select the DownArrow button to get a menu of choices for this field. You may use the exclusive relation with this field (i.e., "is not equal to" "R2V5") to retrieve all entries that are NOT a particular release.

Subsys:
The name of the project subsystem for the document MR. For example, typing "switch" in the field retrieves all MR entries whose project subsystem is "switch." This field is often used in combination with the System and Release fields. Select the DownArrow button to get a menu of choices for this field. You may use exclusive relations such as "is not equal to" "switch" to retrieve all entries that are NOT a particular subsystem.

Doc Type:
The type of the document. For example, typing "design" in this field retrieves all design-type documents. Select the DownArrow button for this field to get a menu of choices. You may use the exclusive relation with this field (i.e., "is not equal to" "design") to retrieve all entries that are not a certain type.

COMPAS ID:
The unique COMPAS ID assigned to a document. This ID should appear on the title line of the physical printed document. For example, typing "1000" retrieves all MRs for the document with COMPAS ID 1000.

MR Type:
The type of change requested for an MR. For example, typing "enh" in this field retrieves all enhancement document MRs. Select the Item to get a menu of choices for this field.

Category:
The class of user who found the problem. There are categories such as administration, customer, developer, test, and so on. For example, searching for "dev_found" retrieves all MR found by the development staff. Select the Item to get a menu of choices for this field.

Severity:
The severity of an MR. Valid values are usually from 1 to 4 where the value of 1 is the highest severity. Select the Item for this field to get a menu of choices.

Status:
The status of the document MR. You may use exclusive relations with the status. For example, searching for "is not equal to" "closed" retrieves all document MR entries that are not closed. Select the Item to get a menu of choices.

Comment:
This is a free-format field. Refer to your project methodology to determine how the project has decided to use this field.

Assigned:
The person assigned to provide a solution to an MR. A person is usually assigned to an MR when the status of the MR is changed to the status of "assigned". The value of this field is automatically set to the owner of the document that the MR was written against. The value of this field is a login id. For example, typing "hjb" in this field retrieves all MRs assigned to the person with the login "hjb".

Creator:
The person who created the MR. For example, typing "hjb" retrieves all MRs created by "hjb".

Created:
The date an MR was created, in the form mm/dd/yy. You may also user operators with the date. For example, searching for "is greater than" "01/21/90" in this field retrieves all MRs that were created after January 21, 1990.

Abstract:
Any relevant part of the abstract or summary of the MR. All MR entries with the entered pattern in the abstract (both upper and lower case) will be retrieved. For example, typing "isdn" retrieves all MRs where isdn appears in the abstract in either upper or lower case.

StatDate:
The date on which the status was changed for the document MR, in the form mm/dd/yy. You may also use relations with the status date. For example, searching for "is greater than" "07/21/89" retrieves all MR entries whose status was changed after July 21, 1989. This field is often used with the Status field.

VerFixed:
The version of the document that fixed this MR. This field will automatically be updated when a new document version is delivered to COMPAS and the document is in the status of chg_ctl.

Fixed:
The date that the MR must be fixed in the form mm/dd/yy. You may also use relations with the date. An example would be: searching for "is less than" " 07/21/90" in this field retrieves all MRs that must be fixed before July 21, 1990.

Enter values for as many fields as you like; COMPAS retrieves all MR entries that match the field values that you specify. When you have finished entering your query specification, select the "OK" button or press the return key. COMPAS retrieves all MR entries that match your query specification.